Bucket or conveyer.



No. 735,105. Y PATENIBD AUG. 4, 19O3.

W. P.v JONES.

BUCKET O11 OONVEYBR.

APPLIOATION FILED 11011.17. 1902.

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WITNESSES: l INVENTR, 7W M AIIORN E1s' UNITED STATES Patented August 1, 1903;

WILLIAM F. JONES, OF LITILEFALLS, NEW JERSEY.

BUCKET OR CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 35,105, dated August 4, 1903.

Application led November 17, 1902. Serial No. 131,633. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t nttg/ concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residingin Littlefalls, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckets or Conveyers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to buckets or conveyers for use in moving building materials and the like from one place to another, and it has reference particularly to that class of such contrivances in which the bottom of the bucket or conveyerformsawall thatis hinged, so that upon its being released the contents of said conveyer or bucket may be discharged without inverting it.

The principal object of the invention is to so construct the bucket or conveyer that the operations of opening and closing may be effected with facility and despatch and anyelement of danger growing out of the accidental release of the bottom eliminated.

My invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a View in front elevation of my improved bucket. Fig. 2 is a bottom View thereof. Eig. 3 is a fragmentary view, partly in section, of the bottom-securing means; and Figs. 4 and 5 show details of the invention.

The bucket is, as usual, composed throughout of heavy sheet metal. Its body comprises four downwardly-converging walls d and a hinged bottom wall b.

c represents slings in the form of metallic plates riveted to two opposite sides of the body, near the top, by which the bucket or conveyer is suspended from the tackle.

CZ is simply a brace-rod joining the sides of the bucket or conveyer which carry the slings c.

The body may be provided with suitable handles e for facilitating the handling of the bucket. The hinges which join the bottom to the body comprise leaves f and g, respectively riveted to one of the walls a and to the bottom, and a pivot-pin h. It should be remarked that the leaves g are bent, as is shown in Fig. 5, at an angle which is the same as that between said side wall a and the bottom wall when the latter is closed, thus bringing the pivot of the hinges which the pin h affords considerably above the plane of the bottom of the bucket. The purpose of this will be explained hereinafter.

e' is an elastic metallic catch which is riveted near its upper end to the Wall a of the body of the bucket which is opposed t0 the wall a with which the bottom has direct pivotal connection and which has its lower end formed as a hook j, adapted to engage the adjacent edge portion of the bottom Wall h. Said catch is secured fast in the aforesaid engagement with the bottom wall by a latch it, adapted to engage a keeper Z, consisting of a right-angle plate having one leg, m, thereof turned off into a plane at right angles to the other leg, n, the leg m acting as a keeper proper, while the leg n is bolted or otherwise'secured directlyto the body of the bucketor conveyer on one side of the catch t'. The latch k is pivoted on the opposite side of the catch i and has its free end o turned into a plane at right angles to its body part, so as to adapt it for being struck with a jhammer or the like.V lThe bottom being held closed bythe parts above described, as shown in the drawings, the latch 7e is'struck with a hammer at o, thus throwing it out of engagement with the keeper. Thereupon the catch is likewise struck with the hammer to disengage it from the bottom, which is then free to swing down. The bottom-being hinged to the body in the, manner above described, it normally hangs at an angle'of substantially forty-uve degrees to its closed position. Thus in closing the bucket after discharging its contents it is simply lowered until, the bottom, touching the ground, is forced shut, whereupon the catch snaps'intoengagement with said bottom. The latch is then reset in engagement with the keeper.

In order to both strengthen the bottom and also elevate the bucket somewhat when as contact with the ground causes it to close its catch moves inwardly to secure the bottom, angle-irons lo, preferably three in number,

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are riveted on the under side of the bottom adjacent the three edges thereof not occupied by the hinges. g

q represents simply lugs designed to guide the bottom in closing.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isg l. In a bucket or conveyer, the combination of the body, a hinged Wall forming the bottom of the bucket, an elastic catch secured to said body and adapted to engage said Wall to maintain the same closed, and a latch for securing said catch engaged with said Wall, substantially as described.

2. In a bucket or conveyer, the combination of the body, a hinged Wall forming the bottom of the bucket, an elastic catch secured to said body and adapted to engage said Wall to maintain the same closed, a latch for securing said catch engaged with the bottom, and a rigid keeper adapted to be engaged by said latch, substantially as described.

3. In a bucket or con veyer, the combination of the body, a hinged Wall forming the bottom of the bucket, an elastic catch secured to said body and adapted to engage said Wall to maintain the same closed, a latch pivoted on one vamos side of said catch and adapted to traverse the same, and a keeper disposed on the other side of said catch and adapted to engage said latch, substantially as described.

4. In a bucket or conveyer, the combination of the body, a hinged Wall forming the bottom of the bucket, an elastic catch secured to said body and adapted to engage said wall to maintain the same closed', said catch normally standing in position to positively secure said Wall, and a latch for securing said catch in position to secure said Wall, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a conveyer having a movable bottom wall, means for locking the bottom wall closed disposed at the bottom portion of said conveyer, and supporting means for the conveyer secu red to said bottom Wall and projecting farther downwardly than the locking means, substantially as described. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November, 1902.

WILLIAM F. JONES.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, MAX KROMANER. 

